Folding barricade stand



Jan. l, 1946. F. STRINGER FOLDING BARRICADE STAND Filed Aug. 50, 1944 lI. E Illllllll. Iuldllllullll..

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2 Claims.

This invention relates to barricades of the folding type andspecifically to warning and segregating equipment or use Where itbecomes necessary to denne areas to preclude the entrance ofunauthorized persons.

One of the important aims of the instant invention is to provide afolding barricade stand for roads or the like, where stands and crossbars are transported from place-to-place and during which time all ofthe parts thereof are preferably folded in a compact bundle.

This invention has for a further aim to provide folding barricadestructure capable of supporting flag warnings and a cross bar, andhaving unique, durable and quickly manipulable supporting legs all tothe end that the standard of the device may be disposed vertically as aunit without the employment of braces or the like.

Other objects of the invention will appear during the course of thefollowin-g specification, and include the manner in which the severalbrackets are eifective in maintaining flag arms and legs in an operativeposition yet allowing said arms and legs to be moved to a placesubstantially parallel to and beside the main standard.

1n the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a folding barricade stand includingcross bar, made in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of one of the barricade stands.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed sectional view taken on lineIII- III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 2 andlooking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the brackets,illustrating the manner in which the leg is poised therein when in theoperative position.

A number of stands may be used in establishing an effective b-arricadeacross a road, for eX- ample, and since each is constructed like theothers, but one of the standards will be described.

Each stand comprises a standard i@ formed of tubular material, or suchother substance as is light and durable. Diametrically opposed hangersi2 are secured to standard HJ, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and it is thesehangers that receive cross bars I4 when the barricade is completed.

-If a relatively long barricade is to be formed,

pair of brackets I6, each angular in form and having a fiat leg I8riveted or otherwise fastened to standard lll by members 20 and 22respectively. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, member 20is in the form of a rivet and member 22 is a bolt long enough to passthrough the opposed side walls of the channel shaped leg 2d, thatreceives a portion of the length of flag arm 26.

A conventional Warning flag 28 made of red fabric or the like, iscarried by the free end of each arm 2B Iwhen the barricade is in use.

Arm 24 of each bracket I6 projects tangentially from standard l0 and isangled upwardly as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bight of the U- shaped orchannel Shaped leg 24 is cut away or notched as at 30 below bolt 22 toallow arm 26 to lie beside and parallel to standard I0 when the arm isswung in the direction of the arrows associated therewith in Fig. 2.

Flags 28 extend laterally from standard l0 and since brackets I6 arediametrically opposed, an arm 26 will .be along each side of standard l0when the device is folded for transportation.

A series of substantially radial yet tangential and downwardly angledbrackets 32 at the normally lower end of standard IU, are formed similarto brackets I6. The U-shaped leg 34 is notched near its base as at 36 toallow leg 38 to assume the position shown in dotted lines when the legis swung in the direction oef the arrows shown in Fig. 2. The bolt 40serves as a pivot point and means for securing leg 38 in place as fwellas to fasten a part 0f bracket 32 against the side of standard Ill.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention there are three legs 38,each held by a bracket 32 and arranged so as to insure clearance whenlegs 38 are pivoted from their operative position to a. place besidestandard I0. When they do assume this folded position, a chain or othermember 42 is wrapped therearound to insure a compact bundle.

It is understood that folding barricades having physical characteristicsdiierent from those illustrated and described, might be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A folding barricade stand comprising a standard; a plurality ofbrackets rigid to the standard near each end respectively thereof; and amember pivotally secured to the standard adjacent to each bracketrespectively for movement to and from an operative position extendingsubstantially radially from the standard, said bracket being U-shaped intransverse cross section to provide a cradle for receiving a part of thelength of-the member when the same is in the operative position.

2. In a folding barricade stand, a standard, a plurality of bracketsrigid thereto near one end thereof; and a member pivotally secured tothe standard adjacent to each bracket respectively for movement to andfrom an operative position extending outwardly and downwardly from thestandard, said members and the brackets being arranged to hold thestandard in a vertical condition when the free ends of the members areupon a horizontal supporting surface, said brackets and the membersbeing disposed tangentially from the standard when in the operativeposition, said members being parallel with and vbeside the standard whenthe same are in the inopera- 10 tive position.

FREEMAN STRINGER.

